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To free the Romanovs, royal kinship and betrayal, Coryne Hall

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To free the Romanovs

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Coryne Hall

royal kinship and betrayal

When Russia erupted into revolution, almost overnight the pampered lifestyle of the Imperial family vanished. Within months many of them were under arrest and they became "enemies of the Revolution and the Russian people." None of them wanted to leave Russia; they expected to be back on their estates soon and live as before. When it became obvious that this was not going to happen a few managed to flee, but others became dependent on foreign relatives for help. After 35 years researching and writing about the Romanovs, Coryne Hall considers the end of the 300-year-old dynasty, and the guilt of the royal families in Europe over the Romanovs' bloody end. Did the Kaiser do enough? Did George V? When the Tsar's cousins King Haakon of Norway and King Christian of Denmark heard of Nicholas's abdication, what did they do? Unpublished diaries of the Tsar's cousin Grand Duke Dmitri give a new insight to the Romanovs' feelings about George V's involvement

Family trees -- A note on names, dates and titles -- Introduction: The Queen's visit to Russia, 1994 -- 1. Revolution and abdication -- 2. Tsar for a day -- 3. King George's betrayal -- 4. The Scandinavian connection -- 5. Prisoners of the Provisional Government -- 6. The Bolshevik Revolution -- 7. Germany's role -- 8. Towards the Urals -- 9. First victims and first escapes -- 10. Ekaterinberg -- 11. The trust of kings -- 12. The escape of a Tsar's daughter -- 13. Romania, an unlikely saviour -- 14. The doomed Grand Dukes -- 15. King George's emabarrassment -- Postscript